VISAKHAPATNAM: As many as 1.42 lakh potential donors have pledged their organs in Andhra Pradesh, including 1.3 lakh online and 12,300 offline pledges. But it does not have any legal standing until the family members (legal heirs) inform and give their consent to the health department for organ/tissue donation in case of an untimely death.
The state health department could retrieve organs from only 188 deceased donors in the last seven years. The last donation was done in a private hospital in Visakhapatnam on May 27.
